"Pretoria went against Rome Statute in 2015 by preventing prosecution of Sudan's leader for war crimes, ICC says."
War crimes judges ruled Thursday that South Africa flouted its duties to the International Criminal Court in 2015 by failing to arrest visiting Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, wanted on genocide charges.
The widely expected judgement slapped Pretoria for failing in its obligations and hindering the work of the world’s only permanent war crimes tribunal, of which it is a founding member.
“The chamber concludes that by not arresting Omar al-Bashir while he was on its territory. South Africa failed to comply with the court’s request for the arrest and surrender” of the Sudanese leader, said presiding judge Cuno Tarfusser.
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S. Africa flouted its duties to ICC by failing to arrest Bashir for war crimes — War crime Judges
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